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Senate committee advances bill to centralize aquaculture import permits, seeks $1 million for risk framework
Summary
Senators voted to pass SB 177 with amendments to shift aquatic livestock permitting to the Division of Animal Industry, create a risk-based assessment and biocontainment standards, and place a requested $1,000,000 appropriation into the committee report for further consideration.
Senators on the Senate Committee on Agriculture and Environment advanced SB 177 on Jan. 24, a bill authorizing the Department of Agriculture’s Division of Animal Industry to establish an assessment and approval process for importing and moving aquatic livestock. The measure directs the aquaculture program to develop a risk-based framework and biocontainment standards for aquatic livestock assessment and approvals; committee members voted to pass the bill with amendments and to move a requested $1,000,000 appropriation into the committee report for consideration.
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